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XQustnateed Qpna-Fide, ETery-Day circulation Larger Than That t Of Any Other Daily News- paper Published In Wilmington. 1 OlPBST DAI-.-" NBWSPAPEBX I ' ' " . . . . .1 O I - TUB STATE. hhwww i OUTLINES. The Naval Personnel bill passed the House with amendments abolishing prize money and increasinir the ma rine corps to six thousand men. - In the Senate the Nicaragua canal bill wajt considered. ; - Jno. Russell yojrnjr, librarian of the Congressional Library, died at his'home, Washington, jJ(Y President McKinley has debided to order a court martial to try Eagan for abusing Gen. Miles, -r--Fifty-fi confederates in Muscogee county, Ga., petition .Senator Butler not to abandon his bill to pension ex Con&d eratp soldiers.' - Ballot taken in Pennsylvania Legislature for U.S. Senator; Quay lacked 16 votes of an election ; a prolonged dead-lock is probable.1 i Col. Bryan made two speeches in Denver to large audi gnces 1 A Franco. German alli ance finds favor -in Paris now that England is regarded as the national enemy. 1 1 The Senatorial situation in West' Virginia is uncnanged ; The Seaboard and Koanoke' deal was con- ' summited yesterday in Baltimore by transfer of stock to the Williams syn dicate. 7 Three highwaymen held up! 'and robbed a policeman : in Chic i-ro. Five boys drowned in a mill pond in Susquehanna county ,Pa. Sear York markets: Money on call sMidier at 3M3 per cent.,' the last ' Ijeiiur at 2 per cent. ; cotton firm; 'niidd'liiig'uplands 6c; flour ex-ce-;3iiily dtill and in buyers' favor; wlieat spot weak;- No. 2 red - 79.1c; ; cornr-snbt ;vrk;No. 2 433fc; rosin dull; spiiiis turpentine firm at 42c. ' - ' I " --tw.EA REPORT. DSP'T OB AGaiOUIrUKE, ; ; if Wkathsb Bureau, - -'iwMisaTON, N. C, Jan. 17. ) . . Temperature :8 A.M., 50 deg. ; 8 P.M., 50 deg. ; maximum, 62 deg. : minirnu'n, 50 dog. ; mean, 56 deg. .ainfali for -the day, 00; rainfall nce 1st o' th.montli up to date. 1.711 :: Stage-of water in the river at Fy . tieville at S A.. M. 17.2 feet and all- in?- , ' f "' ' - " " ,'." i ' forecast! g-oa to-day. j WisaisaTdX, Jin. 17. For North Carolina Threatening weather ; cold er; brisk-ortii westerly winds. . Port Almanac Jan. 18. .'7.12 A. 41. 5.10 P. M. (.-'.liiSets. '.lav Length, .. . 10 H. 00 M. ffig'n' Water at 'Southpor. 1245 A. M. tlisfn VTaUr. Wilminato- 4.15 A! M. ! London shelters in " its lodging houses .every night about 40,000; .homeless mortals. - . 1 France is very much troubled over the Dreyfui affair.- But France seems to bo also afflicted with some-? thing like a dry rot. : "Gent Lee's f rietfds claim that he has , beep designedly , side-tracked and shelved by the, administration! It looks very, much like it.. Gen; Lee .is not figuring 1 very conspicu- onSiV i?x Cuba. - -1. ': ' ! I German bicycle manufacturers are trying? to keep ( American bicycles out of Germany! They should not be blamed, for after ,aj wheelist has taken a spin or two on an American hike, he never watits to mount those German cart-wheel contrivances &Hy more. ' i We are indebted.'to the .Philadel phia Ledger for it. almanac for 1899, an excellent publication, crammed with interesting and useful statisti cal apd other information, '. cbh'veW ientlyj arranged for reference. This publication is "not printed for sale, but a3 a gift to the Ledger, patrons. r Jame3 Tysonbf Australia, injad (lrtion to having amassed ' a large v ioytune had'a unique record, for it is , said that shortly before dying'' he I ' ' bolted that he had never entered - a churclfa theatre, or a public m tpusej had never tasted1 wine, beer ' n?r spirits;, that he had never sworn;, j, . that he had never washed with soap, - using sand instead nor worn a "U1"c sun t, or gloves, Jle was not;ty old bachelor.' ; a The Grand Duke of Russia, when hee; didn't rush into it but ex pressed it as his "deliberate" opin- 1011 taat the American wohien are ; the; handsomest in the world. If ".he had seen some, fair samples of "r Southern women that jopinion wjuld have sprung spontaneous, as it were, without a bit of frdelibe;r !l0n " But it is all right. The Amer ican woman, individually or collec .lllfely, is a daisy.. : j . .Jame Tyson, the Australian mill ionaire, who died worth about $20, p000 a short while ago, at the. age p(J years, was never married be se the girl-he wanted ! to marry J1(in't happen to be at' home when recalled to ask her, and shortly af Lerwar(i8 married- another fellow. J-yaon always lived in a plain, primi tive sort of a way, didn't care any tQing for show and not much for "joney. He went but little into so- vy. and mingled little with men; fut was benevolent and. did eood w hia.money. 7 v. T.T r------- "-.-. . ' v UL. 12J.11.---JN U. 99. Barn tun used to say . that the American people like to be hum bugged, and he did his level best to gratify them. .There is a French gentleman under arrest in Colum bus, O., for doing the same thing. He is charge, with using th mails to defraud, while he was defraud ing both males and females, regard less of age, sex. color or tvrflvirma condition. He sold - 'em a 1-cent lamp wick for 40- cents, with the guarantee that one. would last ten years. He steeped it in some prepa ration (mixed with asbestos doubt less), which , somewhat retarded burning and scooped in about $100,000, American currency. ' I In commenting upon our article a few days ago on low valuations for taxation, and the bad effects, the Winston Journal illustrates by call ing attention to the fact that the assessed valuation of real property in tliat city is only $3,500,000,' which it says is .nothing like a fair valua tion,; and puts the city' in a false light to those who judge it by these figures. ' '. ; yr; f A barber who on the sly married a Kentucky girl" in . Michigan, is suing her parents for $50,000 dam ages for alienating her affections. He accuses them of barbarous cruelty i'H lacerating his: feelings by mak ibg him a compulsory grass widower in being deprived of his "blue grass" girl. ' " ; i . :- - A New' York woman worth $175,- 000 has been lilted for shop-lifting. A mistake, no doubt. It must have been kleptomania. Only poor folks do that kind of thing called shop lifting. - i -' .. -' . .' And now the salmon packers up in. tne oommoia river country are forming a combine. This is' no fish Btory, although it is scaly. A gigantic skeleton' has been re cently unearthed in Ohio, which shows that even the prehistoric Ohioan was no small shoat. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Palace Bakery--A card. Opera House 4 'Side Tracked." .Meeting Cape Fear Camp U. C. V. BUSINESS LOCALS. McLaurin &rHays Beef and mutton PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. F. M. Pickett, of High Point, arrived in the city-last night.- Mr. H. A. Townsend, of Rayn- ham, was a welcome visitor in the city yesterday. - ; i Mr. W. C. Woodard, of Rocky Point, was registered at The Orton last night.; - ; Mf W. J. Mallard, of Ilamp- stead, N. C, was in the" city on busi ness yesterday, j - Mr. F- E. Lyon, of Jackson ville, N. C, was in the city making business calls yesterday. -r Misses Nan Huggins and Sal- lie E a nett are on an extended visit to friends and relatives at fAshton, n. c ':: . r: Mr. H. C. Uanaday, a Confed erate veteran and ardent champion of white suDremacv. is spending a few days in the city. His home is at Jack sonville, Onslow county. The Richmond Dispatch of yes terday says of a well known Wilming ton lady: ."Mrs. William Parsley, a distinguished Confederate woman and a leading member of the Wilmington Chapter,, Daughters of the American 'Revolution, came to the city to be present at the reception of . General Wheeler, and is the guest of Mrs1. N. V. Randolph." Retribntfon Russell's Reply. The Legislature, having asked the Governor to give his reasons for the removal of J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson . from the .Rail road Commission, he yesterday sent to that body a special message in the form of an argument justifying his course. The Star received the full text of the message last night, but as it would fill nearly; four columns of the Stab, and is a very uninteresting document, we omit it. The chief point made against the Wilsons is the old story that they were interested in the Rnimd Knob hotel, owned by the Southern railway system. ' ' City Board of Audit and Finance. ' The regular semi-monthly meeting of the City Board of Audit and Finance was held yesterday afternoon. Chair man H. C. McQueen presided and the following members were . present: Messrs. Jesse Wilder, S. P. McNair and C. W. Yates. No business other than that of auditing bills for cur rent ftinenses. to the amount of ti.069 49. was transacted. The board adjourned, subject to call of the chair man. Fayetteville's New Daily. ' The first number of Fayetteville's nAw riailv. TKr Reporter, was issued yesterday. It is a bright newsy sheet. The editor, Mr. - H. L McDuffie, says : "TJie Reverter is small now, but its inaeic erowth to much larger dimen sions during this week will astonish rair reaaers. un monaav nui w - r , 1a, i-VkA, Olm Will UVUVAWVl. The Star extends i its best wishes for the success of the new enterprise. THE CITY CHARTER. A Mass Meeting Held Last Night to Discuss the Proposed -Amendments. RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED The Opponents ol the Bill Now Pending in the Legislature Object to the Pri mary Election and Police Com- ' mission Clauses. A mass meeting was held, in the court house last night, during which resolutions pertaining to the proposed amendments to the city charter "were adopted. '. ' ' The meeting I was called to order about 8,30 o'clock by Mr. Jos. D. Smith. Mr. H. McL. Green consented to serve as temporary chairman and the representatives of the press were askejd to serve as secretaries. ' . Mr. W. E. Springer was chosen per manent chairman. He announced that the object of the meeting was for ibe people to give expression to views re garding the amendments to. the city charter now pending before the Gen eral Assembly, t When the meeting was declared open for business Iredell Meares, Esq , was recognized and spoke at length in opposition to the system of primary elections proposed in the hill for city charter amendment no w pending in the Legislature, advocating the holding of. primaries, at which .the mayor, city Clerk and treasurer, cnief of police, chief of the fire department, and other executive officers shall be nominated, and the aldermen commit ted to their election. He also opposed the clause in the city charter which provides for the creation of a police commission. He read a series of reso lutions, which he asked the meeting to adqpt, but pending action upon which there was a general discussion. Junius Davis, Esq., addressed the meeting, explaining under what, cir cumstances the bill now pending in the Legislature that published by the Star at the time of its introduction in the House by Representative Roun trce was drafted oy a committee from the Chamber of Commerce, of which Mr. T, D. Meares was chair man, with P. B. Manning. Esq., Mr. William Calder, Mr. Donald MacRae and him self; as the committeemen. He said no selfish motives entered 1 into their work, and the bill was thoroughly dis cussed.- He spoke in advocacy of the various features of the bill opposed by Iredell Meares, Esq. Mr; Samuel Bear, Jr., followed Mr. Davis with a brief speech much along the same line, declaring the points of difference between the bill pending in the Legislature and that advocated by Mr. Mearea to be insignificant. Mr. Owei F. Love moved that ;the meeting approve the bill pending m the Legislature as introduced by Mr. Rountree. The motion was seconded by Mr. C. C. Brown. For several minutes there was considerable hub bub, during which a number of mo tions and counter-motions were offered without recognition by the chair. Finally the vote was taken and the motion lost. 1 Mr. J. A. Fore and Iredell Meares, i Esq., made further remarks in advo cacy of the resolutions introduced by Mr. Meares, and Mri .A. L.' DeRpsset spoke in opposition.1 Mr.'Meares was then allowed to read the resolutions by sections, and they were adopted as read. . They are as follows: Resolved, It is the sense of this meeting that in the amended charter. to be passed by the Legislature for this city provision should be made for the holding of primary elections by political parties for the purposo of nominating candidates ol sucn parties for Aldermen and members of the Board of Audit and Finance, in the respective wards, and for nominating the candidatesjof such parties for Mayor, City Clerk and ' Treasurer, Unier or Police. Chief of Fire Department, City Attorney, and other of .the exe cutive Officials of the city. A It should be provided that the ma jority vote in a ward shall determine the result in mat ward as to tne per sons to be candidates of the party for Aldermen and members of the Board of Audit and Finance and Executive Com mitteemen from that ward. The majority of the aggregate vote cast by such primary in all the wards should determine who shall be the party's candidate for Mayor and other exe cutive offices of the citv. In case at the first primary no One person shall receive a majority vote, by reason Ol wmcn mere is a. laxiure to nominate, a second primary should be" provided for and the two persons for any one position who shall have received the highest and next highest vote in the hrst primary snail alone b9 voted for in the second primary. And it is the further sense of this meeting that when the Democratic citi zans shall so nominate the candidates for the executive offices of this city, it shall be the duty of the Democratic members elected on the Board of Al dermen to Vote for such candidates, and that they should be committed so to do before becoming the Democratic candidates in their wards for Alder men.- ; . : :.': system of primary be provided for in the amended charter or not, - that it is the sense- of this meeting that the Democratic' Executive (Jommittee should call a primarv at the next city election for the expression or the wishes of the Democratic party as to all of the said candidates, and that per sons so nominated by such primary shall become the candidates of the Democratic party, and that the Demo cratic Aldermen shouia De commiitea to vote for sucn canaiaates so nomi nated. Resolved, Third, That it is the sense of this meeting that the Police Com mission provided for in the act intro duced by our Representatives in the Legislature is unwise and inexpedient and does not meet with the approval of the Democratic citizens of this com munity. That we approve of estab-. lishing the police force of this city upon an efficient and proper civil ser vice basis, whereby a policeman or fire man elected shall first stand a mental 'ENING WILMINGTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, and physical examination, and that he should be appointed during good be havior and not removed except upon formal charges preferred before the Mayoi and after opportunity for a P'oper defence, but we believe this can be accomplished by providing by stitute that . tha Board of Aldermen ishall appoint no person as fireman or policeman until such physical or men tal examination shall have first been had and upon satisfactory proof of growl character ; and that such person shall not be removed at the will of the Board of Aldermen; but only upon" charges preferred before the Mayor,' who shall . pass upon the same and have the power to remove policemen for misconduct in office. : ! Resolved, "Fourth, That it is the seuse of this meeting that the admin istration of the city government needs simplification, with its officials directly responsible to the people, and we ad vise and request the Board of Alder men to appoint suitable persons to .re draft at once the present Charter of the mtv of Wilmington so as to in clude all of its several acts in one act of incorporation'. , ; "" ' . 7 Resolved, Finally, That! the chair; man of this committee be requested to appoint a committee to consist . of two members from each ward, himself be ing the chairman ex officio, to present these resolutions to our Representatives in the Legislature and to the Board of Aldermen at once, and to take such other action in furthering the purposes of this meeting as they may see proper todo ' !.' ; : j : Vf' A large number of citizens signed the resolutions and it is the purposo of Mr. Meares. to secure as many more as possible during to-day. Mr. Springer, as chairman of the mass meeting, will probably appoint the committee provided for by the last clause of the resolution some time to- ANEW SECRETARY FOR THE Y. M. C: A. Mr. Howard Caldwell, of Charleston, Take Charge of the Wilmington ' Association Work. to I Mr. Howard Caldwell, now of Charleston, has accepted, the position as General Secretary for the Young Mens' Cbristian Association of this city and will enter upon the duties of the position Feb ruary 1st. . He will j succeed. Mr. Smith, who has been filling the posi tion temporarily, and by the way very satisfactorily to the trustees, since the resignation of Mr. T. C. Diggs. He was sent here only temporarily by State Secretary W. M. Le wis, and owing to the fact that he is determined to prose cute his studies further j before enter -ing regularly into the jY. M. C; A. work, could not consider - the accept ance of a permanent secretaryship now. He will probably continue here, however,-a few weeks after the arrival of the new secretary, t assist him in getting the work fully ia hand. Mr. Caldwell comes to Wilmington highly recommended by leaders in the Y M. C. A. work of this State and South Carolina. He' is a native of York county, 8. C, is about 24 years of age and is a graduate of Erskine College of - South, Carolina. He ) was active in the Y. M. C. A. work while at college and during the late war was secretary in charge Of the Y. M. C. A tent of the First S. C. volunteer regi ment. Since the war he has ; been as sociated with the county Y. M. C. A. work of Edgecombe and adjacent counties.; Li The trustees of the Y. M. C. A. elected Mr. Caldwell to the : secretary ship at a meeting' held last week? and the correspondence has been conduct ed by President Jno. Frank, who re ceived notice yesterday afternoou of Mr. Caldwell's acceptance and the date upon which he will take up the WOrk.; -1 .; " : : ' . A CREDITABLE SHOWING. Reports of Annual Stockholders' Meeting of Carolina Insurance Co. Old' Di rectors and Officers Re-Elected. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Carolina Insurance Company was held yesterday at the office of the company on Princes3 street. Mr. Henry Savage presided over the meeting and Mr. M. S. Wil lard was secretary. The Audit com mittee, consisting of Hon. Jno. D. Bel lamy, Mr. B. F. Hall and Mr, W. R. Kenan, reported amined the 6ooks lard, as secretary, that they had ex of -Mr. M. S. Wil and found them cor' rect-in evei particular. Also that they had investigated the company's securities andiound them thoroughly safe. , I . ; ' ' ' . The eleventhannual 'statement of the I company'sbusinegs made quite a creditable showing. Since the organi zation of the company eleven years ago the cash assets ikave increased from $53,243.15 to $7lj801.74 and the net surplus from $471. 50 to $11,832.36. The receipts during the past year were $24,04474. During the year they paid out for fire losses $5,610.92. The total amount of fireloases paid since organi zation is $50,59517. j - r ' During the meeting yesterday all members of the Board of Directors were re-eiecteu as ionows. u. u. Gore, C. W. Worth, S. Solomon, H: L. Vollers. Donald MacRae, H. O. Mc Queen and Clayton Giles. "After the j stockholders adjourned there was a meeting of the directors, during which Mr. D..L. Gore was re elected president and Mr. M. S. Wil lard secretary. It will be of interest to note that during the absence of Mr. Willard, in attendance upon the Gen eral Assembly at Raleigh, Mr. Clayton Giles is acting secretary, and is pre pared to attend to all business con nected with the institution. - " T The regular, bona fide j circula tion of The Morning Star is much larger than that of any other daily newspaper published in Wilmington.. LOCAL DOTS. A meeting of Cape Fear Camp Confederate Veterans is called for to-morrow .night at 8 o'clock ia the W. LVL Armory. - ' ; ' A f meeting of the New Han- over Transit Company was held last, night, but no business of interest to the public was transacted. ' Squire G. W. Bornemann re ports iwo cases for assault and battery disposed of in his court yesterday and one peace warrant issued. The local cotton market was unchanged yesterday, being quoted firm at 5. cents for middling.; Four hundred and ten bales were received ! . - Yesterday Dr. Zachary opened his office On Princess street and entered j actively upon the practice of medicine I in this city. His many friends here wish for him abundent success, i - Only one case was tried at yes terday's session of the police court; Charlie Tyler, colored, was given ten days on the streets, or a fine of $5 for disorderly conduct in assaultrog Char lie Ashe, also colored. ; . 1 i ' U r " Mr. Joseph Farrow, who be came suddenly demented while at his work Monday; was taken to the City Hospital yesterday morning for treat ment until arrangements cah be made for him at the asylum. . i ' ! The Sanitary Committee of the Board of Aldermen will make final disposition- of the matter of awarding the contract for scavenger service at a meeting to be held at 5 o'clock to-day1. Three bids hav&,been fied. ' . ; The Stab has reliable informa tion that a new National Bank will be established here about' . March ! 1st Books of subscription to the capital stock are now open at the banking house of Murchison & Co S f 1 The spirits turpentine' market was steady yesterday at til cents for regulars and 411 cents for irregulars'. Sixty-eight casks were" Received yes terday, most of which were brought in on the steamers Hurt and Hawes. i . The envelope trust is getting" in its fine work now. A papier drum mer who called at the Star office yes terday said the price of eii velopes had been advanced from 4(j to 100 per cent!, the latter on 'drug envelopes. Unre lenting opposition to truss twill be the biggest issue in the campaign of 1900. 1 Raleigh Neics and Observer 17th instant: "Messrs. J.S. Westbrook, J. A. Westbrcok, W. L. Hill and W. J. Boney, comprising the executive com mittee ; of the Truckers' Association, are in the city looking after tho inter est of the State Truckers' Association, of which they are leading members." i The C. F. A. and M; W. si foot ball teams went out for practice for the first time last night, prepara- tory for the benefit' game which i3to be "pulled off" Wednesday, Jan. 19th . The ''captains and players are highly enthusiastic and a good game is as sured. ' : f :- ' . ' i. Mr. J. B. Farra.r exhibited in the Star office Monday some very fine specimens of marl, from Duplin coun ty, dug in the vicinity of 'Chihquepin where there is said to be an inexhausti ble supply. There are veins 10 feet thicks solid. Owners in that section hope to develop the deposits at some future time. ; Raleigh News and Observer, 17th,: inst: ''The J.O. Stevenson Oompanyj of Wilmington, was yesterday incorp-! orated by the Secretary of State. The capital stock is placed at $50,000 and the business proposed is the' carrying on of a wholesale grocery and export business. The incorporators are J. C. Stevenson, Elizabeth' Stevenson and J. M. Stevenson." j THE PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT. One of Seamman's Strongest Companies j to Play SIde Tracked." 1 At the Opera House Friday night the popular scenic ' comedy-drama, "'Side Tracked," will be presented by one of Seamman's strongest Compa nies. The play borders on the farce, chock full of fun and bristling with1 just enough sensation; to balance the mirth effects. - The principal character is a tramp. The tramp has done , a great deal to bring out the humor of many plays of late, but it is rarely that he acts both as comedian and hero, but the one in ''Side Tracked" is a very realistic tramp. He does many laughable things, rescues the heroine, foils the many schemes of the villain, prevents the other hero from being hanged, makes love to the sou brette, and altogether works himself. into the hearts of his : auditors as a genial and kind hearted fellow, even if his clothes are ragged. Sale of seats will begin to-morrow morning at Gerken's. Emigrants for Georgia. Mr. J. B. Wood, an emigration agent,, of Statesboro, Ga., spent a few days here this week! in search of tur pentine operatives, for one of the large farms near" Statesboro. He left yes . terday afternoon over the Atlantic Coast Line, carrying with him about twenty-five laborers, a large majority of them being colored. . Mr. Wood, advertised Tuesday morning for 150 hands, but secured only about twenty five of the number, as before stated. He will work other towns in Eastern North Carolina for the requisite num. ber. To City Subscribers. K City subscrioers are earnestly re quested to report promptly at the Stab office every failure of the carriers to deliver their papers. In all such cases steps will be taken to insure promp and regular deliverr TAR 1899. THE COURT QUESTION Joint Democratic Caucus Decides Not to Abolish the.Crim- j inai Courts. . BUT ENLARGE THEIR POWERS Gov. Russell's Message Giving Reasons for Suspending the Railroad Commis sioners Many New Bills and Resolutions Introduced. Special Star Telegram.' RApiiiGH, N. C, Jan. 17. The first and 'only event in the Senate to-day was the special message of Governor Russell. When the message was an .the members dropped every nounced thing and gave the closest attention throughout to the reading. His Excel lency, perhaps, never had a more thoroughly entertained audience. . At the conclusion of the reading 200 copies were ordered printed. .A diffi culty, however, arose as to how this was to be done. His Excellency, de parting from the usual gubernatorial custom, hadl sent up but a single copy of the message for tho use of both the Senate and the House and .his private secretary was waiting for the Senate to get through that the copy! might be carried over and read, to the House.j Senator. Brown thought that a copy Ibhould have been fur nished each jhouse. The suggestion :was made that the Senate order a copy from the typewriters and pay for it. Senator Wilson Opposed this. It was the business of the Governor to fur nish a copy. It was desired also to re fer the document to the Committee on Railroads and Railroad Commission, but it was not quite parliamentary to refer a document that was in the pos--session of the other house. The mat ter J was final! y settled by agreeing that the message' should be taken over, to the House; . . j . : . , Additions to Committees. The following additions were made to committees: Senator Mclntyre to the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns,; and Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institutions ; Senator Mur ray, to Committee on Insane Asy lums ; Senators Skinner and Jones, to Committee on Education; Senator Speight, to Committee on Trustees of the University; Senators Fields and Justice, to Committee on Finance. House Proceedings. The House met at 10 o'clock. Prayer by Elder P. D. Gold, editor of ZiqtCs Landmark, of Wilson. Just before the introduction of new business, a message from the Gover. nor was announced. It was a special message, setting forth his reasons for the-suspension of Railroad Commis sioners J. W, Wilson and S. Otho Wilson. After the reading of the do cument, which consumed half an hour, just exactly forty bills and resolutions- and three petitions were in troduced. Among them were the fol io wing of general interest and import ance; . '. ' ' , By Thompson of- Davidson: To amend Chapter 23 of the Code, so that "children of the mother shall inherit from each other, as if all were legiti mate." - : ;, ' By Davis ' of Haywood: To appro priate $40,000 for the school for the Deaf and Dumb at Morganton. By Rountree of New Hanover: 'To amend the law in regard to probating deeds and other instruments. By Clarkson of Mecklenburg: To amend the insurance laws of the State to enable manufacturers to Secure a minimum rate. j . , ' j By Patterson of Caldwell: To pr e vent the sale of adulterated ; or mis-branded-food. i By Winston of Bertie: To provide for the construction of monuments to" Gen. Francis Nash and Gen. William Lee Davidson, for which purpose Con gress has appropriated $10,000. j By Wall of Richmond : To establish a State text book commission to pro vide uniform books for .public schools. I Bv Reese of Ashe: To regulate the apportionment of school funds, j' -By Rountree of New Hanover: To abolish all exemptions from jury duty. I By Currie of Moore; To reduce salaries and fees. . j By McNeill of Brunswick : To amend the charter of Southport. I By Craig of Buncombe: To provide for a thorough investisralion of the .cases of the suspended- railroad com missioners. .;; - By Boushall of Wake: To relieve sheriffs and tax collectors of certain counties, i '. . During the consideration of .the cal endar five bills passed their third and final reading, two passed second read-, ing, and. two resolutions were adopted. Only two of the bills passed were of more than local !; importance. They Were to repeal the local school taxa tion election law; to increase the num ber of commissioners in Hertford county to eight. ; The two bills passed on second read ing, were to authorize Morganton and Charlotte to issue bonds. The 'two resolutions adopted were to provide for the investigation of the case of the suspended railroad com missioners and to limit the time for ex plaining votes in-the House to one minute, j' .' . . Consideration of the Pamlico elec tion case, which had . been made the special order for noon to-morrow, was, n motion of Mr, pverman, of Rowan, made the special order for Thursday a. noon. During the day leave of absence was granted Mr. .Willard, of New Han over, till Thursday. WHOLE NO. 9,804 At 2 o'clock the! Txouse adjuiirm d until 1 o'clock to-inorrow. The Criminal Court Question; A joint caucus of Democratic mem bers was' held to night. After a thorough id iscussion of the- question of increasing the number, of court d is tricts in tho State, it was decided Lot to increase the number of Superior Courts, but to enlarge the powers of the two Criminal Courts and add to the Criminal- Couri districts those counties having congested calendars. Also, that Superior Court judges may be asked to hold forty courts a vear instead of thirty-four, as at present. What really settled the matter was the fact that Governor Russell had announced his purpose to appoint one half of the new judges Republicans, and half of them Democrats. Of course there was also the1 question of econ omy, but on that the Legislature was about evenly divided. ' 1 By Associated Press. RAJ.KIGH, N. C, January 17.GovT' Russell to:aay sent to the General As sembly of North Carolina a special message setting forth his reasons for suspending from office Railroad Com missioners J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson. : He charges in the message that both were interested in the opera tion and profits of ; the Southern rail road, f and were thereby disqualified under the law to act as fair and im partial iudges. Specifying the grounds on which he bases these conclusions, the Governor sets I forth that J. W. Wilson was mortgaged to A. B. An drews, vice president of the Southern rail way,. in the sum 1 of $6,000. which he is unable to pay, and that Andrews tfhd Wilson are joint owners of the Round Knob hoteL near Asheville, which hotel is dependent upon the railroad Tor its patronage. i.nis notei, tne governor sajs was rented by A i B. Andrews and J. W. Wilson to the other railroad commis sioner, S. Otho. Wilson, for a term of five years, and in consideration of bis taking this lease the Southern rail way,;- tnrouffn Andrews, contracted to trans port Wilson and his family free of charge and deadheaded for him all freight and all provisions and supplies. It is recommended that the Legisla ture appoint a commission to fake evi dence and investigate the charges. ' BY RIVER AND RAIL." Receipts of Naval Stores Yesterday. and Cotton W. &.W. Railroad--l54 bales ton, 3 casks spirits turpentine. cot- W C. & A. Railroad 240 bales cotton, 5 casks spirits turpentine, 72 barrels rosin, 131 barrels tar. O. F. & Y. V. Railroad 13 bales cotton, 5 casks spirits turpentine". 19 barrels tar, ! - ' Steamer A. I P. Hurt 3 1 bales cotton, 18 casks spirits turpentine, 225 barrels rosin; 65 barrels tar. .;. Steamer E. A. ! Hawes 36' casks spirits turpentine; 465 barrels rosin, 74. barrels tar. i i ) Total -Cotton, 410 bales; spirits tur pentine, 63casks , rosin, 762 barrels ; tar, 289 barrels ; : Prominent Citizen of Payetteville.. ' - The death of Capt. Samuel G.j Ran kin, member of the firm of A. Ran kin & Co., of Fayetteville, NjC., is announced by the Daily Reporter of that city: He was on his way home J from the place of business of the firm last Monday evening between six and seven o'clock and! fell dead' on the street. Capt. ; Rankin was born in Guilford county, Sept 18, 1832. "Twelve years ago Capt. Rankin and Miss Eliza Prior were married and she and three sons,' Messrs. Charles, Lacey and Henry Rankin and their wives survive'himj The Captain was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, holding the office of senior elder for a numberj of years." ' ;:--' ! ' '." " ' -" ... C. B. & L. Association. The annual meeting of, the Citizen's Building and Loan Association was held last night in the Mayor's office at the City Hall; the president, Mr.'W.: H. Chadbourn, ! presiding. : The old board of directors 'was re-elected for the ensuing year; and after the meet-; ing of stockholders the directors met and also re-elected the officers who served during the past year. A Progressive Whist Party. There was a deiightf.ul duplicate' whist party at theresidence of Mr. John Mafiitt, corner of Fourth and Nun streets, last night, given by Miss Fldrie Mafiitt to a few of her friends. The participants Vere Miss Cowan, Of Durham; Miss Eliza Metts, Miss Oliye Armstrong, Mr. Jno. K. Williams,'' Mri Fred Dick, Mr1. James Cotchett and Mr. Walter Daggett. j NEW AD VERTIS-SMENTS. CAPE FEAR CAMP. A meeting ot Cape Fear Camp No. 54, U. O. V- IscaUed for Thursday night, January 19th, 1899, at 8 o'clock, at the W. L. 1 Armory. ,By order of the Commander, jal81t HENRY SAVAGE, Adjutant. A Card. To, Friends - and Customers and Others who' wish to Join us: j " . j . j On next Thursday, the 18th, we will bejn the delivery of Bread, and all who wish the Breads Wagon to make calls will .please leave thtir orders at the store, or call us np over the 'phone. I i Thanking you, for your former patronage, and hoping you will remember us In the future, we are, Very, respectfully, j PALACE BiKERT. . Ja 18 It : i. I. - . - 4 .. . . - OPERA HOUSE. Friday Night, January 20. A. Q. SCAM-ION'S CO. the Great Laugh Provoking Success In 'Side Tracked." Illustrating the comic side of ' life on the rail. A Comedy with Thrilling Situations ! Startling Sensational ' Effects 1 And Special Bcenle Accessories! : Including a company of - ; Clever Specialty Performers. jaHSt tuwo fr I TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.: $ One Year, by Mail, $5.00 $ X Six Months, 8.50 X i j Three Months, M l.5 Two Months, " l.OO Delivered, to Subscribers In tbe . City at 45 Cent per month. J X KW- ADVERTISEMENTS. I whatcotua oe more acceptable to many than a nice pair or . f Good Shoes j v or Pretty Slippers. Get them from us I y Q Why? . , .v ' Because we fit the head, the foot and tne pocec. Respectfully, MERCER de-Ut & EVANS. Is to the effect that our : justly celebrated" are giving perfect satisfaction a who have tried them. all DON'T FAIL TO SEE THEM; We can also supply you with every thing in the HARDWARE j ! and HOUSE BURNISHING line at Bottom Prices. ' jt REMEMBER THE PLACE. It no 24 tf . HIGHWAY MONOPOLY. ' We have worked the Cigar business as wo have done the Cured Hog Product, and have ' succeeded because the goods were notoriously superior to an thing ever offered the retail trade before in quality, style, and equal to what was sold for ten rent hence our success not u but the goods were meritorious; so we are called "Monopoly." We do however, with pride say we will sell a half million of these Cigars this year and hone the consumer will demand Cuban Blossom,' ' Smokettes, Topical Twist. The Best 5c Cigars Sold. PForXmas we'carry. Bmall boxes high grade Cigars and solicit inquiries from the trade--to whom we sell exclusively. j . , 4 de 18 tf Wholesale onlv. HOOP IRON. 150 Bundles 1 inch Iron. 100 Bundles IX Iron.' 175 Bundles IX Iron. ' - 50 Bundles IK Iron, SO Barrels Glue. 200 Dozen Market Baskets. 25 Pic Nic Cheese. 900 Pounds Dried Apples. 840 Kegs Nails. 250 Bags Shot. 100 Bundles W. P. Caps. VL B, COOPER, Wholesale Grocer, Wilmington. N. C. 1 a8 tf HALL & Wholesale Grocers. ' r' SPECIAL OFFERINGS THIS WEEK. : Fish and Fish Roe Butter and. Cheese, j Mixed Nuts, Cocoanuts, , Cakes and Crackers, j QANDlEsUln Penny goods. Fancy Mixed and '- Stick. -Get ottr prices before baying, no so tf w Shipments of Furs. Highest market prices paid. Prompt returns made. '200 boxes Cheap Tobacco for sale. - SAMUEL BEAR. Sr., ia8tf . 18 Market street. MULES, MULES. Two Good Farm For Sale. ! Mules Also, Corn, Hay, Meat, Molasses : Oats, Bran, and other goods. -r- D. L. GORE, ISO, lffl and 124 N. Water street, -' ' i womlngton. N. O. ' Ja8tf l For a Holiday Present 11 Sim '; Ranges ' IBOR Volte Dap .....
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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